Morgan Wallace as Marquis de Praille Lucille La Verne as Mother Frochard Frank Puglia as Pierre Frochard Sheldon Lewis as Jacques Frochard Creighton Hale as Picard Leslie King as Jacques-Forget-Not Monte Blue as Danton Sidney Herbert as Robespierre Lee Kohlmar as Louis XVI Marcia Harris as Henriette's Landlady Adolph Lestina as Doctor Kate Bruce as Sister Genevieve Flora Finch as Starving Peasant Louis Wolheim as Executioner Kenny Delmar as The Chevalier, as a boy Fay Marbe as Dancer References Stanley Appelbaum, Great Actors and Actresses of the American Stage in Historic Photographs: 332 Portraits From 1850-1950 (1983) External links Orphans of the Storm at Virtual History 1921 films 1920s historical drama films American historical drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Remakes of American films American remakes of French films French Revolution films Films about capital punishment Films about orphans Films set in Paris United Artists films Films directed by D. W. Griffith Articles containing video clips Cultural depictions of Maximilien Robespierre Cultural depictions of Louis XVI Cultural depictions of Georges Danton 1921 drama films 1920s American films Silent American drama films Films about disability 1920s English-language films